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  2. Man and Master

    For a moment we stood facing each other in silence, and then I lowered the book and laughed in a smothered fashion, as if fearing a listener, "By ...

    Article : 2,439 words
  3. THE HOUSEHOLD.

    Cream Scones.—Flour, baking powder, sugar, butter, cream. Mix a large teaspoonful of baking powder in one pound of flour, add a ...

    Article : 350 words
  4. AMUSING INCIDENTS.

    Two Highland farmers met on their way to church. "Man," said Donald, "I was wonderin' what you will be askin' for you bit o' sheep over at ...

    Article : 92 words
  5. GIRLS WHO ELOPE WITH GIRLS.

    The story of the beautiful daughter of a leading French politician, who became so infatuated with a school- fellow that she ran away with her, ...

    Article : 884 words
  6. HE PUT THEM IN THE WRONG POCKET.

    "Here, attendant!" excitedly called a flushed and benevolent-looking old gentleman from a berth in the sleeping saloon, as the train neared the ...

    Article : 621 words
  7. Simply Awful.

    "My dear sir," exclaimed the man who is painfully accurate in his use of language, "that sign in front of your shop is improperly punctuated." ...

    Article : 89 words
  8. Candid.

    Retailers of quack medicines (in many cases they are the makers as well) have to depend, to a great extent, upon their gift of repartee. ...

    Article : 98 words
  9. Burning Water.

    When Paulhan descended at Lichfield on his wonderful London to Manchester flight, people from all parts went to see his aeroplane, going there ...

    Article : 129 words
  10. THE NEW CARD TRICK.

    "Sir?" "Well?" "You have been staring at me?" "Not that I am aware of" ...

    Article : 339 words
  11. Who Owns the Air?

    The Wright Brothers have done a great service to aviation, but they zealously guard their patents—in fact. some people think that the Wrights ...

    Article : 126 words
  12. IVY AND TREES.

    Mr. R. E. C. Burder, writing in the "Estate Magazine," points out that the ivy is not a parasite, as is commonly supposed, but leads an independent ...

    Article : 675 words
  13. Done!

    A sad and seedy individual gained admission to the offices of one of the city's best-known legal firms, and at last somehow penetrated to the ...

    Article : 139 words
  14. CLEVER DIPLOMACY.

    The late Lord Salisbury some years ago sent a Foreign Office emissary to make some demands of the—Rev public. Before setting out on his ...

    Article : 211 words
  15. A Few Exceptions.

    The landlady of the boarding-house stopped the guest who was leaving and said: "Well, sir, I hope everything has ...

    Article : 170 words
  16. A GRUESOME STORY.

    Two sisters kept a toll-bar in Lincolnshire, and both dreamed the same night that an attempt was to be made to break into their house. The next ...

    Article : 352 words
  17. Passed Off Lightly.

    Tommy had been invited to [?] at a learned professor's house, and his mother was anxious for his good behavior at the table, so she gave him ...

    Article : 136 words
  18. Alas!

    They watched the wavelets creaming up at Winkleton-on-Sea; the maid was fair beyond compare, and smart and dapper he. Sweet silence reigned ...

    Article : 255 words
  19. CHAPTER XXXVII.

    That which takes long in the telling may transpire in a moment and so it was with this midnight raid, we had both listened. my burglar and ...

    Article : 2,791 words
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